Francesco Clemente looking over hand-script album with new poem I’d written out for his Blake-inspired watercolor illuminations, we’d done two books before; entrance corner of his loft overlooking Great Jones Street Manhattan, October 1984. He liked this picture.

Inscription

Signed by artist, lower right on sheet in black ink: Allen Ginsberg; artist inscription, across bottom under image: Francesco Clemente looking over hand-script album with new poem I'd written out for his Blake-inspired watercolor illuminations, we'd done two books before; entrance corner of his loft overlooking Great Jones streetManhattan, October 1984. He liked this picture.; on verso, by unknown hand, in lower left corner in graphite: C AG1-53; possibly by artist's hand, across lower left: Signed 10/23/89; possibly by Sid Kaplan's hand: 10/18/89 SK; by unknown hand across lower center: GD-AG-93; across lower right: GDC-867; in lower right corner: AGI96 14